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May Faces Worst Government Defeat in 95 Years in Brexit Vote

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  • With victory apparently impossible, focus is on size of defeat
  • Prime minister’s opponents prepare for next phase of battle
May Faces Major Government Defeat in Brexit Vote

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Prime Minister Theresa May is set to see her Brexit deal rejected in the biggest Parliamentary defeat for a British government in 95 years after her last minute pleas for support appeared to fall on deaf ears. The battle now is over not whether May loses, but how badly.